Exposition – Important background Information | Prolouge – ‘ancient grudge’ between the Capulets and Montegues’Their quarrel is an old one, an ancient grudge’ |
Conflict – Produces trouble | The servants brawl – sets up the stage for the climax |
Complication – Increase the complexity of the conflict | Romeo and Juliet fall in love – Makes the feud more complex as R and J are on opposition sides. |
Climax – Drama reaches the peak | Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo fight – Set up by the conflict, “Your lives shall pay the forfeit”, the feud between the family’s has gone to extreme violence and death. Actions ruled by hatred in this scene |
Suspense – the delaying of the end of the story | Romeo is banished – Instead of killed, this makes it so there is a further ploy at the end of the play which drags on the drama. |
Conclusion – the state of affairs at the end of the play | Romeo and Juliet die – this end the violence of the play, the feud between the family’s, and the play altogether. Highlights the fact that Romeo and Juliet were just pawn pieces on a chess board, sacrificed for the greater good of the world. |
Romeo and Juliet
December 15, 2019